Theatre Recovery Nurse Band 5and6 ,Scrub Nurses

We are looking for ambitious, Scrub Nurse Recovery Band 5 and 6 Nurses to join our friendly and welcoming team.
We are seeking dedicated and motivated qualified professionals to join us in the Theatre department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich.
The operating theatres at QEH provide elective and emergency services 24/7 in orthopaedics, colorectal, general, gynaecology, urology and obstetrics.
If you are already working in the areas of anaesthetics or recovery, or would like to pursue a new career pathway in these specialties, then now is your opportunity to join a hard-working and dedicated team.
Patient safety throughout patient journey in theatre, making sure correct equipment is available at all times.
Theatre recovery nurse provides care to patients immediately post-surgery and post anaesthesia. Assess patients using, for example, ABCDE approach.
We will be conducting selection assessments on the day with the opportunity to leave the event with an offer of employment.
Just turn up and we look forward to meeting with you., The post holder will be responsible for providing a high standard of evidence-based care to patients throughout their operative journey, within the guidelines of the Trust, and the NMC.
The post holder will provide support and guidance to the theatre team within the clinical area, and will assist with the training and development of junior staff and students.
The post holder will take responsibility for running recovery rooms in conjunction with and in the absence of a Senior Theatre Recovery Nurse.

Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
1. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
1. Improving the experience of staff with disability
1. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
1. Making equalities mainstream, The post holder will provide support and guidance to the recovery team within the clinical area, and will assist with the training and development of junior staff and students. The post holder will take responsibility for running operating lists in conjunction with and in the absence of a Senior Theatre Practitioner.
As a member of the team, participates in establishing a positive working environment in which patients receive a high standard of care delivery.
Personally deliver a high standard of care to patients and participate in assessing, planning and evaluation of individualised patient care.
Act as team leader where required and clinical role model at all times.
Ensure that all patients are cared for in a safe environment and maintains the safety and well-being of patients, staff and visitors in line with Health and Safety guidelines.
Personally acts within and ensures adherence to all Trust and Departmental policies and procedures.
Participates in the care, custody and administration of medicines in accordance with Trust and local policy.
Assist in developing the department philosophy and framework of care in line with unit/organisational and beliefs/values.
Ensure the provision of advice, support and health information to patients and their carers in order to promote a health-based service.
Ensure workload of colleagues does not jeopardise safe standards of practice and initiate action if necessary.
Participate in the daily checking and maintenance of essential equipment.
Transports/manages people and/or items such as equipment or specimens safely and to time consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
Maintain accurate and legible records of all clinical and legal documentation to include accident / incident reporting, with regard to HCPC/NMC statutory and Trust polices.
Ensures all aspects of clinical care including interventions and investigations are performed, assessed and reported upon in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with legislation, policy and procedures.
Liaise with all members of the multi-professional team to ensure that care is assessed, planned, delivered and evaluated within a multi-professional framework, in the interests of the patient, and that care is communicated to all team members.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Date: Wednesday, 20^th March 2024
Time: 3pm to 6:30pm
Venue: Owen Centre, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH
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